Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-15-Speech-1-033"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041115.13.1-033"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-15-Speech-1-0342
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Sarah Ludford2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, 14 November is World Diabetes Day. To mark this, I would ask MEP colleagues to follow up in their own countries the question of job discrimination against diabetics. All EU countries operate blanket exclusions against people with diabetes in certain posts, but the range of excluded occupations varies widely. For instance, Belgium and the UK bar diabetics from being police officers, but Hungary and Portugal do not. Italy bars them from being ambulance drivers, but the UK, Portugal and Greece do not. In the UK they cannot be air traffic controllers, whereas in Greece and Portugal they can. In a European Union with a common market and the freedom of movement of workers, this makes absolutely no sense. I will be putting questions to the Commission on this, but I must point out to my colleagues how illogical the situation is. Some of these bans date back 40 years or so and they do not take account of modern treatments. This kind of blanket discrimination must be abolished."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ludford (ALDE )."1

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